At the turn of 2016, we were conducting a study through the life of king David at Flint River. On this and next week's program, we share the message from the Sunday before Christmas 2015, in which we considered the fact that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, was to come through the lineage of king David, according to prophecy. As Matthew and Luke record, both Jesus' biological mother Mary and adoptive father Joseph were descendants of David.